What Explains Europe's Rapes by Afghans?
The National Interest
Why do Afghans stand out among the refugees committing crimes, particularly rape, in Austria and elsewhere in Europe? Sifting the possible reasons is Dr. Cheryl Benard, a longtime RAND corporation expert on Islam -- one of whose books was found in Osama bin Laden's compound when he was killed. Benard agrees with an Afghan associate's assessment: "To them, Europeans are the enemy, and their women are legitimate spoils, as are all the other things one can take from them: housing, money, passports." Radioactive Waste Sickening People, Land in St. Louis
Guernica
Fifty thousand tons of nuclear waste left over from the Manhattan Project have been sitting in a landfill outside of St. Louis since 1973. The locals report unusually high rates of cancer and disease, yet the government can't decide whether or not it would be appropriate to move the radioactive material. And if they did, where would it go? The John Birch Society Is Back
Politico Magazine
These days, the far-right, Cold War-era John Birch Society might be remembered as just a historical relic of a bygone era of sock hops and poodle skirts. But the John Birch Society lives. And though it is not the same robust organization it was in its 1960s heyday, Birchers insist they are making a comeback. And they point to Texas as the epicenter of their restoration. Did Brits Kill NYC Cops to Get the U.S. into WWII?
Daily Beast
On July 4, 1940, with holiday visitors thronging the New York World's Fair, a time bomb planted in the British Pavilion exploded, killing two New York City policemen and badly mauling five others. Was the real-life model for James Bond behind the blast in an attempt to draw a reluctant United States into the Second World War? "It's as good a theory as any," says a longtime investigator into the crime, unsolved for three-quarters of a century. 50 Years After Riots, Detroit at Crossroads
Associated Press
In the aftermath of Detroit's 1967 riots, those who could leave, did. And those who remained were in a place far worse than before 2,000 businesses were lost to fires and looting. Fifty years later, most of the men and women who lived through the riots doubt that they will live to see their city regain its former glory, when its very name was synonymous with American knowhow and industry. The Chemicals in Your Mac and Cheese
New York Times
Call it the comfort food that could give you agita. Macaroni and cheese mixes made with powdered cheese have been found to be especially high in phthalates, chemicals that may pose special risks to pregnant women and young children. The chemicals were banned from children's teething rings and rubber duck toys a decade ago, but migrate into food from packaging and equipment used in manufacturing. Investigative Classics: Ernest Hemingway's Reporting on Bootleggers, 1920
Toronto Star
Ernest Hemingway said: "Newspaper work will not harm a young writer and could help him if he gets out of it in time." Although he wrote articles until his death in 1961, he got out of full-time journalism after five years - a brief stint at the Kansas City Star followed by a more productive four years at the Toronto Star (1920-24). The Canadian paper has assembled an archive of his dispatches as well as writing on how journalism influenced his lean prose style -- an approvable feast. | 
